Comment Re:Does that mean: NO GPL-style Licenses??? (Score 2, Informative) 953
Assuming that "Redistributables" is defined to be the downloadable software development kit (as it is in licenses for similar MicroSoft SDKs) then I think you should not be worried.
My reading would be that the GPL is indeed "Excluded" according to the clause above. (Again, the term/clause is not new in MS SDK licenses.) But this just means you can't e.g. redistribute the SDK itself under the GPL.
The object files produced by a compiler are not considered to be derivative works of the compiler. So, you can distribute binaries compiled with this SDK under any license you desire. The analogy is that you can safely use Word to edit a document without Microsoft having a copyright claim on the resulting document.
My reading would be that the GPL is indeed "Excluded" according to the clause above. (Again, the term/clause is not new in MS SDK licenses.) But this just means you can't e.g. redistribute the SDK itself under the GPL.
The object files produced by a compiler are not considered to be derivative works of the compiler. So, you can distribute binaries compiled with this SDK under any license you desire. The analogy is that you can safely use Word to edit a document without Microsoft having a copyright claim on the resulting document.
